It's Tailgate Season Y'ALL

It is the fall and with that comes tailgate season. Now, I do not really care for a tailgate, but I do like the food that you have at tailgates, so to honor that, I am going to share some recipes good for tailgating throughout the week, and I am starting with Buffalo Chicken Dip!

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Buffalo Chicken Dip

Ingredients

1 tablespoon unsalted butter

2 teaspoons garlic minced

2 cups cooked chicken shredded

1/2 cup Frank's Original Red Hot Sauce (More if you want hotter!)

8 oz cream cheese softened

1/2 cup sour cream

1/2 cup white cheddar cheese freshly shredded

1/4 cup cheddar freshly shredded

1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese optional to serve

2 teaspoons green onions sliced, or chives

10 celery sticks carrot sticks, tortilla chips, crusty bread pieces, potato chips, for serving.

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Arrange oven rack to the middle of your oven.

2. In an 8-inch cast-iron skillet (or an ovenproof pan), melt the butter over medium-high heat. Sauté garlic until fragrant (30 seconds). Add the chicken and hot sauce and simmer until sauce has thickened and reduced by half (about 2 minutes).

3. Reduce heat to low and stir in cream cheese; mix until combined. Take off heat, stir through sour cream and top with both cheddar cheese(s) over the top.

4. Bake until bubbling around the edges and the cheese has melted (about 10 minutes). Broil (or grill) for a further minute to brown on top.

5. Immediately garnish with blue cheese and green onions. Serve with vegetable sticks, chips, crusty bread pieces for dipping.

I like to pair this with m homemade pita recipe shared earlier!